Big-Rig Rustlers (Tweener Press Adventure)

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Summary: Another Max Elliot Anderson Adventure
Review: Twelve-year-old Todd Brannon and his ten-year-old sister, Amanda, are excited beyond words when they are invited to spend their spring break with their aunt, uncle and cousin Drew at Dad's brother's ranch in Wyoming. They get to travel all by themselves on a plane from their Midwest home to Cheyenne.

Met at the Cheyenne airport by Uncle Reid and Aunt Debbie, the two tired kids are piled into the ranch pickup and start the long drive to Uncle Reid's ranch. Well after dark, on the way, they almost run into a big bull smack in the middle of the road. How did he get there? A fence down? Not too much later they nearly smash into the rear-end of a truck and trailer running without any lights. Uncle Reid calls the home base and tells Travis, the hand on the other end, to call the sheriff and report both the loose bull and the trailer without any lights. Todd hears his uncle say something about cattle rustlers. Rustlers? Wow.

Finally arrived at the ranch, Cousin Drew shows Todd and Amanda to their rooms in the bunkhouse - not at all like they had imagined from watching western shows on television. They each have their own special room. This was really cool.

As the kids settle in to ranch life, they learn to ride a horse and all about how a ranch this size is run and help as preparations are made for spring roundup. Cousin Drew talks to Todd about the cattle rustlers and his suspicions of one of the ranch hands. In typical kid fashion, they decide to secretly check things out when they go out on the roundup.

Todd and Amanda are exposed to the process of rounding up the calves and all about branding them. They also learn, the hard way, about rattlesnakes, and, in the end, discover modern-day cattle rustlers.

BIG RIG RUSTLERS is another great adventure from Max Elliot Anderson. Max tells a great story that is sure to be a winner with your tweener, whether boy or girl. Hey, even I enjoy Max's books, and I haven't been a tweener for - well - a long time. Find Max's books at amazon.com - they'll make great gifts.